Onegai My Melody (Season 1)

Onegai My Melody is the first season of the show of the same name. It was produced to mark the 30th anniversary of My Melody and starred the character, in what was Sanrio's first attempt at an anime series with a 30 minute timeslot. Due to its popularity it secured three later seasons, Onegai My Melody ~KuruKuru Shuffle!~, Onegai My Melody Sukkiri♪ and Onegai My Melody Kirara★.

Story
Kuromi and Baku escape from their cell in the Mari Land castle dungeon and into the human world, taking with them magical artifacts they stole: the Melody Key and the Melody Bow. Due to a misunderstanding, My Melody is sent into the human world to capture them as punishment for aiding their escape. After arriving in Yumegaoka City, My Melody meets and befriends junior high schooler Uta Yumeno, who allows My Melody to live with her. Meanwhile, Kuromi and Baku find themselves joined with the dreamless violinist, Keiichi Hiiragi, who takes them in after his interest is captured by the Melody Bow.

Kuromi's ambition is to awaken the Dark Power, unaware of its true nature, by collecting 100 black notes from fulfilling the dreams of humans with her nightmare magic. Using her magical items, Kuromi casts spells on the citizens of Yumegoaka City, turning their dreams into reality in often destructive ways. It's up to My Melody to put things right with her own magic items (the Melody Takt, Melody Box and Melody Candies) to dispell the nightmare magic and gather 100 pink notes, in order to use the Dream Power to prevent the Dark Power from rising.

Main Cast

 * Rei Sakuma as My Melody
 * Junko Takeuchi as Kuromi and My Sweet Piano
 * Noboru Maeda as Baku
 * Azusa Enoki (credited as Azusa Kataoka) as Uta Yumeno
 * Ryoutarou Okiayu as Keiichi Hiiragi

Recurring

 * Kaori Miura as Flat
 * Miyuki Sawashiro as Harinezumi and Kakeru Kogure
 * Natsuki Katou as Kanade Yumeno
 * Aoi Yūki (credited as Aoi Yatakezaki) as Koto Yumeno
 * Hiroshi Shimizu as Masahiko Yumeno
 * Ami Koshimizu as Miki Sakurazuka
 * Yuu Sugimoto as Mana Fujisaki
 * Jin Nishimura as Sebastian

Guest Stars
Satoru Kitaoka, a mixed martial artist, appears as himself in the fourty-seventh episode.

Episodes
The first season of Onegai My Melody spanned 52 episodes total.

Soundtrack
Onegai My Melody's soundtrack was composed by Cher Watanabe, which has been made available via the releases of various CDs.

Home Media
While it was airing, the show had its episodes release on DVD across multiple volumes. The first of which released on July 20th, 2005 and contained the first four episodes as well as a promotional video for the show's opening song: Otomelody. A pouch with a design featuring My Melody holding the Melody Takt was included as a purchase bonus.

On February 21, 2007, a complete limited edition DVD box set of the season was released. The set contained every episode spread evenly across 13 discs, as well as figures of Keiichi Hiiragi and Kurumi Nui.

In 2016, each season of Onegai My Melody recieved a Blu-ray release, this time as four complete box sets containing all episodes in each season, distributed by Frontier Works. The first season's box set was released on August 31st. To celebrate the 15th anniversary of Onegai My Melody in 2020, it was announced that a re-issue of the prior Blu-ray box sets for all four seasons of the show were to be released, now consolidated into one package and distributed by Frontier Works. This 7-disc anniversary box set release on October 28, 2020.

Online Streaming
In 2020, for a week between July 16 and July 22, the first season of Onegai My Melody was made available to be viewed in its entirety for free through the "ABEMA Video" service. This was done to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the show, and free distribution of the second season followed soon after.

Continuation
After the season concluded, the story was continued in a sequel season: Onegai My Melody ~KuruKuru Shuffle!~. The events of the second season begin shortly after the first season's come to a close, with My Melody and Uta Yumeno missing one another after My Melody had to return to Mari Land, Keiichi Hiiragi put on trial for his involvement with the Dark Power and Kuromi once again escaping imprisonment with Baku.